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Invest in a premium blue agave cocktail brand

After our first investor trip to Mexico, one thought kept bubbling up:

As it turns out, one premium cocktail company is indeed using blue agave. They're called ​Melograno​, and we met the team on our investor trip to Nashville.

​Melograno​ delivers innovation in the RTD category on the leading edge of global and consumer trends: non-carbonation, healthy lifestyle, premiumization, and natural, “Better for You” ingredients.

Melograno is currently raising a round of funding to expand the brand further. We don't normally offer RTD opportunities, but this is definitely one to look at.

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